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Im thinking of buying this phone in the near future (when the next shipment comes into australia, currently sold out everywhere in aus ¬_¬), and i was wondering, does anyone have it? What do you think of it?

My dad has it. It's the same as every other WiMo phone.

I have the HTC Touch Pro and my dad agrees with me that it's better, It has a proper qwerty keyboard and a nicer interface(once you remove the crappy Manilla themes providers install and use the proper HTC one anyway ;p)

The camera on the Omnia isn't that great either, the lens isn't great and reduces it's photo quality(may not be a problem for you if your not worried about it)

Other things I can think of: Screens bigger on Omnia which is nice.

Like most things, depends what you're using it for/looking for.

Oh also, if you plan on using the internet on it make sure you get a data plan else you'll be wasting a fortune =p

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Originally posted by vaccination
The camera on the Omnia isn't that great either, the lens isn't great and reduces it's photo quality(may not be a problem for you if your not worried about it)

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camera isnt that important to me, atm im living with a shitty 2mp

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Originally posted by vaccination
I have the HTC Touch Pro and my dad agrees with me that it's better,

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I just had a look at that phone, and its not that bad actually. thanks

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Originally posted by vaccination

Oh also, if you plan on using the internet on it make sure you get a data plan else you'll be wasting a fortune =p

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Im not sure where you live, but by any chance do you live in Australia. If so, which carrier are you on?

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Originally posted by Th3rmal

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Originally posted by vaccination

Oh also, if you plan on using the internet on it make sure you get a data plan else you'll be wasting a fortune =p

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Im not sure where you live, but by any chance do you live in Australia. If so, which carrier are you on?

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England

On Vodafone.

get yourself the samsung tocco & a memory card, will be much cheaper

If your looking for data plans with phones th3rmal, head towards Three Mobile, seem to be the best option, but dunno if they work with the phone you want -shrug-

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Originally posted by Eddie
If your looking for data plans with phones th3rmal, head towards Three Mobile, seem to be the best option, but dunno if they work with the phone you want -shrug-

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yea my carrier is going to be 3. I checked and for about $8 a month i can get about 100mb of usage, or for $12 a month i can get 200mb, but im already at the limit of how-much-im-going-to-spend-on-this-phone so going to see if i can include the data plan on my cap

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Originally posted by Th3rmal

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Originally posted by Eddie
If your looking for data plans with phones th3rmal, head towards Three Mobile, seem to be the best option, but dunno if they work with the phone you want -shrug-

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yea my carrier is going to be 3. I checked and for about $8 a month i can get about 100mb of usage, or for $12 a month i can get 200mb, but im already at the limit of how-much-im-going-to-spend-on-this-phone so going to see if i can include the data plan on my cap

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Also, not sure if your aware (I'm only letting you know as I'm on 3 myself) at the moment you only get Metro area coverage. However, from what I know and have heard, 3 and Telstra have a deal for 3 customers to use the Next G network outside of the Metro area from about mid way through this year (of course depending on many other things). This will boost 3's coverage to about 95% of Australia coverage. Thus allowing customers to use 3G features in most parts of Australia.

However the catch from what I hear is, to get all 3G coverage (Telstra and 3 mobile) you have to have a phone that can use the NextG Frequency of 850Mhz and the 2100Mhz frequency used by 3. Otherwise you'll just head back to Telstra's 2G network which is how it is now.

Also the X-Series plans, 2 of which you have briefly mentioned, include some good stuff as well like 4000 mins of Skype to Skype Calls and on the $12 (which is what I'm on for X-Series) you get things like Messenger (Both Windows Live and Yahoo) and extra little bonuses as well.

Hope this is helpful in some way

More info:

http://business.theage.com.au/business/next-g-roa...20080819-3y9v.html

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/3...1,339291353,00.htm

02 or telefonica is £10 a month for unlimited edge or HDSPA (3G).

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Originally posted by MattyRid

Also, not sure if your aware (I'm only letting you know as I'm on 3 myself) at the moment you only get Metro area coverage. However, from what I know and have heard, 3 and Telstra have a deal for 3 customers to use the Next G network outside of the Metro area from about mid way through this year (of course depending on many other things). This will boost 3's coverage to about 95% of Australia coverage. Thus allowing customers to use 3G features in most parts of Australia.

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Im not particularly worried about the coverage, but i guess more coverage cant hurt

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Originally posted by MattyRid

However the catch from what I hear is, to get all 3G coverage (Telstra and 3 mobile) you have to have a phone that can use the NextG Frequency of 850Mhz and the 2100Mhz frequency used by 3. Otherwise you'll just head back to Telstra's 2G network which is how it is now.

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This phone does operate on the 2100Mhz frequency

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Originally posted by MattyRid

Also the X-Series plans, 2 of which you have briefly mentioned, include some good stuff as well like 4000 mins of Skype to Skype Calls and on the $12 (which is what I'm on for X-Series) you get things like Messenger (Both Windows Live and Yahoo) and extra little bonuses as well.

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I only want it for mobile web, as i dont use skype anyway, but i just called them and they said that it cannot be used as a part of your cap plan which means ill have to pay for my cap plan and then $8 a month extra for mobile web :/

Thanks for your help

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Originally posted by Quantum
02 or telefonica is £10 a month for unlimited edge or HDSPA (3G).

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On the carrier im on, theres no 02 or telefonica, and plus i live in Australia so that doesnt really help thanks anyway